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But it’s his voice that exerts the most hypnotic force, moving from defensive parry to inner rumble that takes the entire audience at the James Earl Jones Theatre into his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The Japanese prime minister’s resilience in the face of Chinese pressure could also be instructive to so-called middle powers that are searching for a way to parry pressure from both China and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

The Italian's first major intervention came midway through the first half to parry Dorgu's effort.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026

Hochman, who is running as an independent, has largely eschewed partisan politics in the race other than to parry Gascón’s barbs and focused most of his ad spending on public safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

They moved everywhere, precisely in time to parry, precisely at the right spot to block.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Battles in Rise of the Ronin are lightning fast, full of parries, counterstrikes and flying sparks as steel meets steel.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

Dr. No parries, in a manner reminiscent of some of our real-life tech billionaires.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023

The two players traded taunts and parries, their lines racing around each other like a pair of squirrels.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022

Omundson parries: “As soon as you said you liked ‘Pysch,’ I knew you were a great man.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

He has no shield, Jon reminded himself, and that monster sword’s too cumbersome for parries.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

He parried worries about this World Cup with a groovy encouragement:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The sequence started with Pedro Porro sending a cross into the box for Dani Olmo, whose shot was parried away by Courtois.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Nicholls, on 42, gloved an attempted hook down the leg side and Rew parried the ball high to his right.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Root parried a tough high edge at first slip off Potts when Weatherald had nine, then Ben Duckett shelled a more straightforward chance at mid-wicket off Carse when he had 14.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

The next day, when Fischer and Bronstein continued the game, both men parried for twenty more moves.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there’s likely a bacteriophage, somewhere, that eats it.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024

Upon entering a cavernous room, its barely lit cobblestones reflecting a sickly green, you are charged by a towering beast that can be overcome only through a punishing sequence of precise dodges and parrying.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Jim Ludes, a former national defense analyst who now leads the Pell Center for International Affairs and Public Policy at Salve Regina University, said political parrying is inevitable.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

In “Sifu,” as has been the trend since the “Dark Souls” games have risen in popularity, a key strategy is to put a large emphasis on defense and parrying moves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

With practiced steps, she twirls the sword through the air in graceful arcs, thrusting and parrying against an invisible foe.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray